Education
Born in Binghamton, New York, he studied at Cornell University. Further study, this time in music, came with Edgar Stillman Kelley and Arthur Foote.
Born in Binghamton, New York, he studied at Cornell University. Further study, this time in music, came with Edgar Stillman Kelley and Arthur Foote.
Ayres lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado for many years, during which time he became a "musical spokesman" for the Rocky Mountain area. He died there in 1926. Among his compositions were an overture, From the Plains.
A string quartet and some other pieces of chamber music, and some songs.